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Anti-gang community defense activist Hipólito Mora slain in Mexico
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe leader of an armed civilian movement that once drove a drug cartel out of the western Mexico...
A decade after vigilante uprising, extortion and threats against lime growers return to west Mexico
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe kind of mass threats and extortion of lime growers in the western Mexico that sparked a civilian...
Mexican anti-cartel vigilante leader buried and with him, an armed citizens' movement
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOne of the last leaders of Mexico’s anti-gang citizens' movement was buried Saturday alongside two...
Mexico sends 1,200 more troops to Michoacan state after weekend of cartel violence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Mexican government said Monday it sent 1,200 more troops to the cartel-dominated western state...
Well-known leader of a civilian 'self-defense' group has been slain in southern Mexico
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBruno Plácido, a well-known leader of a civilian “self-defense” group, was shot to death Tuesday in...
As Mexican town mourns slain anti-gang leader, brother warns community would take up arms again
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAs people mourned the slain leader of an armed civilian defense movement, his younger brother warned...
GOP senators introduce bill designating Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations
The Hill via AOL· 1 year agoA group of six GOP senators on Wednesday introduced legislation that would slap the Foreign...
A mayoral candidate and 5 other people killed in gunfire at a campaign rally in southern Mexico
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA mayoral candidate and five other people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a campaign rally in the violence-wracked southern Mexico state of Chiapas, officials said. State prosecutors ...
Mexican church suspends priest who advised carrying guns
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMexico’s Roman Catholic Church has suspended a controversial priest who has advised parishioners to carry guns to fight off drug cartels. Better known as “Father Pistolas,” Rev. Alfredo Gallegos ...